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Hardstaff Creek at Purtons Road LEVE27

Source	Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Latest Sample Date	17-10-2007
Taxa count ORDER	8
Taxa count FAMILY	29
Taxa count ALT	30
Mayflies present?	27
	ORDER	FAMILY	ALT
SIGNAL	5.8	5.8	5.1
Weighted SIGNAL	6.9	5	6.1

Waterbug Land Use

	Category	ALUM Categories	Percent of upstream catchment	Area
	Natural	1.1.1 Strict nature reserves, 1.1.3 National park, 1.1.4 Natural feature protection, 1.1.5 Habitat/species management area, 1.1.6 Protected landscape, 1.1.7 Other conserved area, 1.2.0 Managed resource protection	43.42%	23,281,810,553m²
	Forestry	2.2.0 Production native forests, 3.1.0 Plantation forests	21.45%	11,501,159,415m²
	Forestry Plantation	3.1.1 Hardwood plantation forestry, 3.1.2 Softwood plantation forestry	17.60%	9,439,470,468m²
	Pastoral Farming	3.2.0 Grazing modified pastures, 3.2.1 Native/exotic pasture mosaic, 4.2.0 Grazing irrigated modified pastures	8.83%	4,732,609,853m²
	Minimal Use	1.3.0 Other minimal use, 1.3.3 Residual native cover, 2.1.0 Grazing native vegetation	5.54%	2,970,662,029m²
	Residential And Infrastructure	5.4.1 Urban residential, 5.4.3 Rural residential without agriculture, 5.4.5 Farm buildings/infrastructure, 5.5.3 Recreation and culture, 5.7.2 Roads, 5.7.3 Railways	2.12%	1,138,466,286m²
	Arable Farming	3.3.0 Cropping, 3.3.3 Hay and silage, 4.3.0 Irrigated cropping, 4.3.2 Irrigated beverage and spice crops, 4.4.0 Irrigated perennial horticulture, 4.4.9 Irrigated grapes	0.48%	256,742,397m²
	Water	6.1.0 Lake, 6.1.1 Lake - conservation, 6.2.0 Reservoir/dam, 6.3.0 River, 6.3.1 River - conservation, 6.5.0 Marsh/wetland	0.46%	247,492,671m²
	Unknown	3.6.0 Land in transition, 3.6.1 Degraded land	0.08%	41,998,756m²
	Mining	5.8.2 Quarries	0.01%	6,749,800m²
	Waste Management	5.9.0 Waste treatment and disposal	0.00%	1,749,948m²
	Industrial	5.5.1 Commercial services	0.00%	249,993m²
Show minor land uses 7
				536,191,622m²

Waterbug sample history

Sampled on 17 October 2007

Taxa	Abundance	SIGNALT Grade
Oligochaeta LO	9	2
Oligochaeta (Unident.) LO999999	9
Acarina MM	2	6
Mites (Unident.) MM999999	2

Amphipoda OP	42	3
Paramelitidae (Unident.) OP069999	42

Coleoptera QC	36	5
Scirtidae (Unident.) QC209999	7

Elmidae Adults QC34999A	24

Elmidae Larvae QC34999L	1

Psephenidae (Unident.) QC379999	2

Curculionidae (Unident.) QCAN9999	2

Diptera QD	50	3
Tipulidae (Unident.) QD019999	13
Ceratopogonidae (Unident.) QD099999	2

Simuliidae (Unident.) QD109999	6

Athericidae (Unident.) QD229999	10

Empididae (Unident.) QD359999	1
Podonominae (Unident.) QDAD9999	4
Orthocladiinae (Unident.) QDAF9999	11
Chironominae (Unident.) QDAJ9999	1
Chironomidae (Unident.)(Larva) QDAZ9999	2
Ephemeroptera QE	27	9
Baetidae (Unident.) QE029999	1
Leptophlebiidae (Unident.) QE069999	26
Plecoptera QP	21	10
Eustheniidae (Unident.) QP019999	3
Gripopterygidae (Unident.) QP039999	18
Trichoptera QT	77	8
Hydrobiosidae (Unident.) QT019999	5
Glossosomatidae (Unident.) QT029999	3
Philopotamidae (Unident.) QT049999	16
Hydropsychidae (Unident.) QT069999	1
Conoesucidae (Unident.) QT159999	4
Helicopsychidae (Unident.) QT179999	3
Calocidae (Unident.) QT189999	12
Philorheithridae (Unident.) QT219999	3
Leptoceridae (Unident.) QT259999	30

SIGNALT	5.8
	ORDER
Weighted SIGNALT	5.9